Colour:
Dark ruby red.
Aroma:
Dark and brooding aromas layered with aromatic florals.
Palate:
A rich and concentrated palate with flavours of Black Doris plum, blueberry and spice. This luscious wine is full and round with a cocoa powder like tannin structure and a long toasty finish.
Ageing potential:
Perfect for drinking immediately this wine will continue to develop and delight for over three years from vintage date.
Winemakers:
Kyle Thompson
Winemaking:
The fruit was held cold for four days prior to ferment to help extract maximum flavour and to enhance colour stability. During primary alcoholic fermentation the fermenting must was hand plunged up to four times daily. When dry the young wine was pressed and then racked off gross lees to seasoned older French oak for 6 months maturation. It was then gently extracted from oak, blended and carefully prepared for bottling.
Viticulture:
The outstanding fruit was sourced from vineyards within the Gimblett Gravels wine growing district of Hawke’s Bay. The vigour moderating, free draining gravel provides a superb base for this low cropping Syrah. The vineyard sites have ideal ripening conditions for achieving the intense aromatics and delicate structure that Syrah can give. The fruit was carefully monitored during ripening and harvested in the cool evening at maximum flavour maturity and physiological ripeness.
Wine Analysis:
Alcohol 13.5%v/v
Acidity 5.7g/litre
pH 3.65
Our Food Match Recommendation:
A perfect match for grilled ribeye and chunky salted roast potatoes.
VeGAN friendly
